Yunus Emre InstituteJapanese tea ceremony and talk on the affinity between Yunus Emre’s poetry and Japanese culture by Dr Naoki Yamamoto.
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Join us at Yunus Emre Institute London on Thursday 9th June, 7 pm, for a truly special talk on the affinity between Yunus Emre’s poetry and Japanese culture by Dr Naoki Yamamoto. The unique event will include a traditional Japanese tea ceremony and matcha tea tasting which participants can take part in.
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Yunus Emre was one of the greatest poets of Anatolia and a thinker who had a profound influence on the spiritual world of the Turkish people. His poems, written in the 14th century, use plain Turkish language that all could enjoy and yet succeed in expressing profound philosophical concepts which are hard to understand and harder still to explain.
The influence of Yunus Emre’s spirituality is not limited to Anatolia but has an interesting affinity with Japanese culture. Yunus Emre’s understanding of the sacred, nature, and mankind offers key similarities found within Japanese culture’s spiritual practice, which aims for harmony among sky, nature, and humanity.
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In this presentation, Dr Naoki Yamamoto, who specializes in Ottoman Sufism and traditional Japanese culture, will introduce Yunus Emre’s poems, his thoughts, and key themes that have influenced him as a Japanese person and discuss the affinity between Turkish and Japanese culture by practicing the Japanese cultural tea ceremony.
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“Gönül” in a Tea Bowl: Encounter of Japanese Culture with Yunus Emre Talk & Tea Ceremony
Date: Thursday 9 June 2022
Event starts: 7 pm (UK Time)
Venue: 10 Maple Street, London, W1T 5HA
Ticket: £15
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About the speaker:
About the speaker: Dr Naoki Yamamoto is currently an assistant professor at the Graduate school of Turkic Studies, Marmara University. He completed his Ph.D. at the Graduate School of Asia and Africa Studies, Kyoto University, in 2018. He specializes in Ottoman Sufism and traditional Japanese culture. His publications include a Japanese translation of Sulami’s Futuwwa and Introduction to Sufism: A Comparison with Shonen Manga.
Dr. Naoki Yamamoto is currently conducting a comparative study of Turkish and Japanese cultures. He believes that Japanese and Turkish cultures share a spirituality. He is translating Yunus Emre’s poetry into Japanese. He also runs the “East Asian Culture Course” in Turkey and has held tea ceremony workshops at various universities in Istanbul.
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